Flat rank of automorphism groups of buildings

Transformation Groups

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-436

  Baumgartner, Udo ^a   Rémy, Bertrand ^b,c,d   Willis, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 36649009952     PISSN: 10834362     EISSN: 1531586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00031-006-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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